Well, that only rounds properly for positive numbers. 
sub round {
  my $n = shift;
  int($n + .5 * ($n < 0 ? -1 : 1));
}

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Then you might want to be able to round to a specific place: 
sub round {
  my ($n, $p) = @_;
  $p ||= 0;  # default to integer rounding
  int($n * 10**$p + .5 * ($n < 0 ? -1 : 1)) / 10**$p;
}

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Ta da. Now you can round 123.45678 to 123.457 by calling round(123.45678, 3), and you can round 123456789 to 123500000 by calling round(123456789, -5).

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